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>> i think it is mitt romney. if he had his way, he would be campaigning about the economy, which is the number-one issue for voters. it is the issue that president obama will have to defend what he starts campaigning. the problem that mitt romney has is he is being forced to talk about social issues, such as whether or not women should be allowed free contraception. things that he really does not want to be talking about. when he does, it pushes them further toward the right, which is not where he wants to be going into a general election where, as i said, the economy is the all-important issue. i think the obama campaign to recognize him as the front- runner. they do think he is the man they have to beat. interestingly, the conservatives support him because they think he can beat obama. >> when obama were vying for the position in the white house, it was highly-charged and exciting. t think it is hard for republicans to keep this going? to keep the focus on their dates, rather than the news dropping off? >> ther
>> i think it is mitt romney. if he had his way, he would be campaigning about the economy, which is the number-one issue for voters. it is the issue that president obama will have to defend what he starts campaigning. the problem that mitt romney has is he is being forced to talk about social issues, such as whether or not women should be allowed free contraception. things that he really does not want to be talking about. when he does, it pushes them further toward the right, which is...
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romney is georgia, favoring newt gingrich. ohio was won by mr. romney. and mr. romney was declared the winner of super tuesday by the washington times but it says that rick santorum has solidified his claim as the conservative alternative in the american heartland. get lots more on our web site bbc.com. updating the top stories on bbc world news. six british soldiers have been caught in a bomb attack in afghanistan. they have likely been killed. flags are flying at half mast. on the biggest day of primary elections, mitt romney has strengthened his position but failed to secure the nomination outright for the republican nomination in the united states. more on the events in afghanistan, six british soldiers missing, believed killed. it happened in helmand province in the south of the country? when there was a big explosion near an armored vehicle on tuesday. the families of the soldiers have been informed. that brings the total number of british soldiers killed during the conflicts in afghanistan to over? 400. jonathan beale reports. >> british troops have been
romney is georgia, favoring newt gingrich. ohio was won by mr. romney. and mr. romney was declared the winner of super tuesday by the washington times but it says that rick santorum has solidified his claim as the conservative alternative in the american heartland. get lots more on our web site bbc.com. updating the top stories on bbc world news. six british soldiers have been caught in a bomb attack in afghanistan. they have likely been killed. flags are flying at half mast. on the biggest day...
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mitt romney has about 200 or so. santorum has about 100. >> essentially it is there for mitt romney if he can make a break for it. >> it is also santorum. santorum blew it in michigan. he had a chance to take the lead, to get the momentum,, the nop romney off. he could not do it in michigan even though he had a 15-point lead. now the big state to watch today is ohio. that is the bellwether state. if you want to win the presidency, if you have to win ohio. >> what will the issue be that will win it for either of these two? romney wanting to concentrate on the economy and santorum on social issues. >> here's the important thing. santorum wins on social issues, but our important is that? i think this is a year based on winning. these are people really worried about mr. obama in the white house and there's an interesting statistic from michigan. among those that abortion is the most important issue, santorum is the big winner. that only made up 14% of the electorate, though. the majority, 79% cared about the economy. ame
mitt romney has about 200 or so. santorum has about 100. >> essentially it is there for mitt romney if he can make a break for it. >> it is also santorum. santorum blew it in michigan. he had a chance to take the lead, to get the momentum,, the nop romney off. he could not do it in michigan even though he had a 15-point lead. now the big state to watch today is ohio. that is the bellwether state. if you want to win the presidency, if you have to win ohio. >> what will the...
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the win would give romney's campaign much-needed momentum. romney has 56% of the vote compared to 27% for rick santorum so far. and we will hopefully bring you the victory speech as soon as we get confirmation of that from illinois by mitt romney. stay with us for that to a story that's dominated the headlines in the united states. >> that's right. in florida, the shooting of a black teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer in orlando as reunion nighted debates about race and self-defense in the u.s. the department of justice has announced an investigation after rallies were held demanding the arrest of george zimmerman over the shooting. our north american editor reports. >> with mounting outrage in florida that an unarmed black teenager has been shot dead and the man who did it hasn't been arrested. for some, it's a clear case of racism by the police. >> the man packs a gun, chasing a black man, gets in an argument and shoots him to death. how can you justify that? >> 17 years trayvon martin was apparently going home to watch a ballgame o
the win would give romney's campaign much-needed momentum. romney has 56% of the vote compared to 27% for rick santorum so far. and we will hopefully bring you the victory speech as soon as we get confirmation of that from illinois by mitt romney. stay with us for that to a story that's dominated the headlines in the united states. >> that's right. in florida, the shooting of a black teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer in orlando as reunion nighted debates about race and...
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good >> despite misgivings, it was important for mitt romney to win the state. it is hard, against the mood of many in his country. >> joining me to assess last night's results is the senior correspondent for time magazine. we talk about a hard road ahead, but it is difficult to see at this point any of the other candidates beating mitt romney, right? >> they are bragging about their mathematical expertise. they are running the numbers and are saying the percentages santorum or gingrich would have to win our implausibly high. it is starting to give reminiscent of what we heard from the obama campaign in 2008, when they were saying hillary clinton cannot do it mathematically, but it is not a mathematical impossibility of. >> there were questions after the bruising primary campaign about whether president obama could rally hillary clinton supporters behind him. of what have we learned that would give some indication about whether mitt romney could unite the republican party? >> i do not see a lot of evidence he is going to be able to easily unite the party. he is
good >> despite misgivings, it was important for mitt romney to win the state. it is hard, against the mood of many in his country. >> joining me to assess last night's results is the senior correspondent for time magazine. we talk about a hard road ahead, but it is difficult to see at this point any of the other candidates beating mitt romney, right? >> they are bragging about their mathematical expertise. they are running the numbers and are saying the percentages santorum...
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in terms of the arguments being made by mitt romney and rick santorum, mitt romney was trying to present himself as a man of the people, the man who could feel the pain of the workers that have lost their jobs or that are struggling. he seems to have ditched that argument now and has presented himself more as the man with a proven track record. his appeal is that if you trust me, i will bring jobs back to states like ohio. and rick santorum and more credibly claim to be somewhat of a man of the people. he comes from the rust belt in pennsylvania. he has the coal and steel industry running through his veins and he does feel he is the right man to generate jobs whoever wins that argument will garner more votes here. icollects will be speaking to hm through the course of the evening as the -- >> we will be speaking to him through the course of the evening as the results come in. perhaps no politics matter more than what is to be done about iran posing nuclear ambitions. there has been a heated discussion over what the next steps should be. >> there is a new mood music on iran spent nuclear
in terms of the arguments being made by mitt romney and rick santorum, mitt romney was trying to present himself as a man of the people, the man who could feel the pain of the workers that have lost their jobs or that are struggling. he seems to have ditched that argument now and has presented himself more as the man with a proven track record. his appeal is that if you trust me, i will bring jobs back to states like ohio. and rick santorum and more credibly claim to be somewhat of a man of the...
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so how can governor romney clinch the nomination? if he moved to the right, he might alienate the republican center ground. another solution could be for rick santorum to be cut his -- become romney's running mate. the deadline is fast approaching. in august, the convention that besides the candidate, normally the party has made up its mind well beforehand. many republicans worry that their candidate who doesn't have the ability to out cheyenne president obama -- outshine president obama. some might be wishing for a challenger to emerge in to save the day. >> joining me now to look at last night's results is the staff writer for the atlantic. it looks like we had a nominee then, like mitt romney was going to be the republican choice. we are back to where we started, right? >> it seems like every time we have the results, it tells us something about the attitudes of republican primary voters. it seems like what happened yesterday was rather than governor romney getting momentum to move forward, qc a bandwagon effect. they recognize th
so how can governor romney clinch the nomination? if he moved to the right, he might alienate the republican center ground. another solution could be for rick santorum to be cut his -- become romney's running mate. the deadline is fast approaching. in august, the convention that besides the candidate, normally the party has made up its mind well beforehand. many republicans worry that their candidate who doesn't have the ability to out cheyenne president obama -- outshine president obama. some...
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on this trip, he is consciously snubbed the republicans, particularly mitt romney who will certainly be the republican nominee and quite applauseably could be the next president. it's very short term of cameron's strategy of exploiting his relationship with president obama because if mitt romney wins, it's going -- he's going to have to do some fancy footwork, cameron is, to sort of get back on side with someone ideologically you would assume would be in concert with and his party and the republican party in the states has very long historical sides. >> from a p.r. perspective, it's been an incredible, really good visit. >> big success. i think politically for cameron, short-term gain. in terms of diplomacy with america, whether there will be medium to long-term pain. >> very good to talk to you to share those thoughts with you on what has been a successful visit so far. thank you very much. now campaigners around the world will on thursday mark one year of violence in syria by calling on russia to back united nations security council action to end the crisis. a coalition of 200 n.g.
on this trip, he is consciously snubbed the republicans, particularly mitt romney who will certainly be the republican nominee and quite applauseably could be the next president. it's very short term of cameron's strategy of exploiting his relationship with president obama because if mitt romney wins, it's going -- he's going to have to do some fancy footwork, cameron is, to sort of get back on side with someone ideologically you would assume would be in concert with and his party and the...
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it was a disappointing night for the front runner, mitt romney, who came in third. ron paul came in fourth with just 5% of the vote in alabama and for% in mississippi. -- 4% in mississippi. china's annual national people's congress is trying to close in beijing. the fate of the economy has dominated the meeting. this is the scene at life with the premiere -- the scene live there with the premiere. economists have caught -- have formed the fundamental reforms are vital if china wants to avoid serious economic problems. there he is closing this session and speaking, of course, to the members of the congress that had gathered there in beijing. martin, lowering the country's growth target is what the premier spoke about a week and a half ago. looking at this parliamentary session the past two weeks, any big announcements or policy changes? >> what is important is what he is talking about now. , this time next year, he will no longer be china's premier. in the last few minutes, during his press conference, he has been striking a very humble town. -- tone. i assume respon
it was a disappointing night for the front runner, mitt romney, who came in third. ron paul came in fourth with just 5% of the vote in alabama and for% in mississippi. -- 4% in mississippi. china's annual national people's congress is trying to close in beijing. the fate of the economy has dominated the meeting. this is the scene at life with the premiere -- the scene live there with the premiere. economists have caught -- have formed the fundamental reforms are vital if china wants to avoid...
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if mitt romney wins, it's -- he will have to do some fancy footwork. to get back onside would someone who illogically -- ideologically, he would be in constant with. >> campaigners around the world will mark one year of violence and syria by calling on russia to back of the security council action to end the crisis. the coalition of 200 ngos are demanding the security council immediately unite. the american syria public affairs committee says a solution is not enough. >> all the crimes and off again -- and massacres and -- anybody who has in the shade of humanity left should have no problem issuing a resolution to condemn bashar al-assad. a resolution is not gone to do much. he will not be stopped by a resolution. he needs actions. >> what kind of actions do you mean? are you talking about something more in the lines of what we saw in libya? >> absolutely. why has the world waited more than a year to do something practical? in the case of libya, it was within weeks. less atrocities. it makes us not believe what is going on. the action we are looking fo
if mitt romney wins, it's -- he will have to do some fancy footwork. to get back onside would someone who illogically -- ideologically, he would be in constant with. >> campaigners around the world will mark one year of violence and syria by calling on russia to back of the security council action to end the crisis. the coalition of 200 ngos are demanding the security council immediately unite. the american syria public affairs committee says a solution is not enough. >> all the...
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in terms of the arguments being made by mitt romney and rick santorum, mitt romney was trying to present himself as a man of the people, the man who could feel the pain of the workers that have lost their jobs or that are struggling. he seems to have ditched that argument now and has presented himself more as the man with a proven track record. his appeal is that if you trust me, i will bring jobs back to states like ohio. and rick santorum and more credibly claim to be somewhat of a man of the people. he comes from the rust belt in pennsylvania. he has the coal and steel industry running through his veins and he does feel he is the right man to generate jobs whoever wins that argument will garner more votes here. icollects will be speaking to hm through the course of the evening as the -- >> we will be speaking to him through the course of the evening as the results come in. perhaps no politics matter more than what is to be done about iran posing nuclear ambitions. there has been a heated discussion over what the next steps should be. >> there is a new mood music on iran spent nuclear
in terms of the arguments being made by mitt romney and rick santorum, mitt romney was trying to present himself as a man of the people, the man who could feel the pain of the workers that have lost their jobs or that are struggling. he seems to have ditched that argument now and has presented himself more as the man with a proven track record. his appeal is that if you trust me, i will bring jobs back to states like ohio. and rick santorum and more credibly claim to be somewhat of a man of the...
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. >> will it be a super tuesday for mitt romney? republicans battle in 10 states and the party moves closer to a nominee. taking on the world's fastest man. prince harry tries to get the jump, making for quite the jubilee visit to jamaica. welcome to our viewers in a america and around the globe. the regime has so much blood on its hands already that it is bound to continue its violent crackdown. that is the grim assessment of britain's ambassador to damascus. he spoke to the bbc amid further allegations of atrocities committed by syrian forces after they entered the thebabr amr district of homs. our diplomatic correspondent reports. >> this is why so many families are fleeing syria. it looks as if government forces are still selling parts of homs. it is hard to be certain when the pictures were taken. more than 1500 syrians have fled into lebanon in the last few days with no end to the violence in sight. britain's ambassador to syria was withdrawn last week. today, he told me about some of the suffering he witnessed. >> i have met
. >> will it be a super tuesday for mitt romney? republicans battle in 10 states and the party moves closer to a nominee. taking on the world's fastest man. prince harry tries to get the jump, making for quite the jubilee visit to jamaica. welcome to our viewers in a america and around the globe. the regime has so much blood on its hands already that it is bound to continue its violent crackdown. that is the grim assessment of britain's ambassador to damascus. he spoke to the bbc amid...
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mitt romney is said to be doing better than expected in the southern states. rick santorum's campaign strategy is expected to be working. former speaker of the house representative newt gingrich, he is not expected to do as well. also taking place in hawaii as well as american samoa. we'll bring you the latest on those results, so stay with us for that. rebecca brooks, the former chief executive of news international, has been arrested for a second time by police investigating phone hacking. she's been released on bail along with her husband, who was also among the six detained on tuesday morning on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. june kenny has more details. for years, rebecca brooks was the most powerful woman in british newspapers. she went from tabloid editor to the top of murdock empire. today she was arrested for the second time. this time with her husband charlie brooks. they've been questioned all day about a possible criminal cover-up. the couple here with james murdock were married in 2009. two months ago, through a surrogat
mitt romney is said to be doing better than expected in the southern states. rick santorum's campaign strategy is expected to be working. former speaker of the house representative newt gingrich, he is not expected to do as well. also taking place in hawaii as well as american samoa. we'll bring you the latest on those results, so stay with us for that. rebecca brooks, the former chief executive of news international, has been arrested for a second time by police investigating phone hacking....
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jeb bush has endorsed mitt romney to be the republican nominee for president. he said he is the best choice to unseat president obama. thousands of mourners have been attending a memorial service in belgium for some of the victims of last week's bus crash in switzerland. 22 children and six adults died when that coach crashed in a road tunnel while the group was returning to belgium from a skiing holiday. 17 of the victims came from one village, where the ceremony took place. now perhaps in a relationship has been more fraught lately than that between the u.s. and afghanistan. today u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton met with the afghan prime minister and reaffirmed the goal of turning over security to afghan forces by 2014. but they said a strategic partnership agreements should be signed either before or at the chicago nato meeting in may. joining me is the author of the new book "pakistan on the brink." thank you very much indeed for joining us. from the outside, it looks as though relations between the u.s. and afghanistan are at their lowest ebb. is i
jeb bush has endorsed mitt romney to be the republican nominee for president. he said he is the best choice to unseat president obama. thousands of mourners have been attending a memorial service in belgium for some of the victims of last week's bus crash in switzerland. 22 children and six adults died when that coach crashed in a road tunnel while the group was returning to belgium from a skiing holiday. 17 of the victims came from one village, where the ceremony took place. now perhaps in a...
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presidential elections, it's mitt romney who has won in the state of illinois. now, he's extended his lead in that race for the u.s. presidency challenge after winning the most support there. his closest rival, rick santorum, came in second. >> each step. way, i learned more about what it is that makes our american system so powerful. you can't learn that teaching constitutional law at university of chicago, all right? you can't even learn that as a community organizer. the simple truth is that this president doesn't understand the genius of america's economy or the secret of the american economics success story. >> now, let's get a round of some other stories. a libyan government minister claims that colonel gaddafi's intelligence chief is going to be extradited. the announcement came from libya's deputy prime minister, but authorities do say no decision on extradition has been made yet. he was the man was arrested last week. he's wanted for alleged crimes against humanity during the course of last year's uprising. a car bomb has exploded in the somali capital
presidential elections, it's mitt romney who has won in the state of illinois. now, he's extended his lead in that race for the u.s. presidency challenge after winning the most support there. his closest rival, rick santorum, came in second. >> each step. way, i learned more about what it is that makes our american system so powerful. you can't learn that teaching constitutional law at university of chicago, all right? you can't even learn that as a community organizer. the simple truth...
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jeb bush has endorsed mitt romney to be the republican nominee for president. he said he is the best choice to unseat president obama. thousands of mourners have been attending a memorial service in belgium for some of the victims of last week's bus crash in switzerland. 22 children and six adults died when that coach crashed in a road tunnel while the group was returning to belgium from a skiing holiday. 17 of the victims came from one village, where the ceremony took place. now perhaps in a relationship has been more fraught lately than that between the u.s. and afghanistan. today u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton met with the afghan prime minister and reaffirmed the goal of turning over security to afghan forces by 2014. but they said a strategic partnership agreements should be signed either before or at the chicago nato meeting in may. joining me is the author of the new book "pakistan on the brink." thank you very much indeed for joining us. from the outside, it looks as though relations between the u.s. and afghanistan are at their lowest ebb. is i
jeb bush has endorsed mitt romney to be the republican nominee for president. he said he is the best choice to unseat president obama. thousands of mourners have been attending a memorial service in belgium for some of the victims of last week's bus crash in switzerland. 22 children and six adults died when that coach crashed in a road tunnel while the group was returning to belgium from a skiing holiday. 17 of the victims came from one village, where the ceremony took place. now perhaps in a...